Lady&#39;s underwear.



H. G. G, QUEENS. LADYS UNDERWEAR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6

Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

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ALEXANDER R. QUEENS, THOMAS D. QUEENS, AND JAMES J. QUEENS, DOING BUSI- NESS UNDER THE FIRIYLNAME QUEENS BROS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. v

LADYS UNDERWEAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 6, 1909. Serial No. 526,501.

To all whom it may concern:

' a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ladies Underwear, whereof the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates particularly to a ladys vest, and in Figure I, I have shown a perspective view of such a garment embodying the features of improvement. Fig. II, is a similar perspective view having the front portion of the edging, at the neck of the garment, bent forward and downward, in order to show the structural parts in rear thereof at the region to which the invention is applied. Fig. III, is a rear view, on an enlarged scale, of a portion of the edge of the garment showing more clearly the details of the invention.

In Figs. I, and II, 1, indicates diagrammatically the body of the garment, which is composed of ribbed knit fabric, as shown in Fig. III.

The upper extremity of the garment is provided with an edging, comprehensively indicated at 2, which extends preferably entirely around the upper edge, and is carried over the armholes and around the same as indicated at 3.

The invention relates to the details of this edging at the front region which will now be described.

As shown in Figs. II, and III, the edging comprises two distinct elements, to wit, an inner carrier 4, for the drawing ribbon and an exterior shield 5. carrier 4, are shown clearly in Fig. III, where it will be seen that it consists of a strip of fabric, distinct from that of the body 1, said strip comprising a base 9, which is adaptedto besecured to the edge of the body, preferably by zig-zag stitches, and a series of vertical bars 6, arranged in pairs, at intervals upon the base, one member of each pair being connected at its upper extremity to the upper extremity of the adjacent bar of the next pair. The carrier 4, preferably extends entirely across the front edge of the garment, between the points 10, l0,which are adjacent to the arm The details of the holes. 3 Drawing ribbons or tapes 7, are inserted in theloops thus formed, and pass alternately in front and in rear of the respective pairs, as shown in Fig. III, one end of each ribbon being anchored at a point 10. In frontof said carrier 4, is the shield 5, consisting of a strip of woven fabric, which is hem-stitched preferably on its upper edge as shown in full lines at 12 in Fig. III, and as indicated in dotted lines, in Figs. I, and II. The lower edge is secured to the top of the body 1, or to the base 9, of the carrier 1 by any inconspicuous form of stitching. As shown in Figs. 1, and II, the extent of said shield is not limited to thefront region, but it is preferably carried entirely around the upper edge andarmholes of the garment.

The loose ends of the drawing ribbons 7, are carried through a hole 11, formed centrally in the shield 5, at the front portion of the neck, as shown in the view of Fig. II, where the shield is represented as bent downward in order to exhibit the structure in rear thereof. The protruding ends may thus be secured in a bow, as shown at 12, in front of the shield 5.

Any desired pattern of embroidery may be worked upon the shield 5, or it may be plain if preferred, the object being to provide a shield of relatively inelastic and stifi fabric as compared with the very pliable fabric of the carrier. Edgings of the general class of that embodied in said carrier have been used upon ladies vests, but they manifest a tendency to become crumpled or pulled out of shape, so that they impair the ornamental effect at the upper edge ofthe garment. This objection is obviated by the use of my invention, since the shield, being of a more rigid fabric, and not being di rectly gathered or crumpled by the drawing ribbons, preserves its shape and remains erect so as to conceal any distortion of the carrier itself.

I am of course aware that the use of an edging of woven fabric is not new, and I do not broadly claim the same, but

I claim The combination with a vest having a body of knit fabric; of an interior carrier edging comprising a series of bars adapted to receive a ribbon, said carrier edging being attached at its lower edge to the body of Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

the vest and entending substantizi11y across the entire front portion thereof; a drawing ribbon inserted in said carrier edging; and

and secured at its lower edge to the vest in frontof said'carrier edging; said Shield 7 edging being free at its upper edge and extending above said carrier edging-to conceal 10 the same.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, at Philadelphia, Pennsyl- Vania, this fourth day of November 1909.

HARRY G. G. QUEENS.

Witnesses JAMES H. BELL, E, L. FULLERTON.

Copies-of this petent may be obtained fol-five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C. 

